Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Assistant - Oral Maxillofacial

Presbyterian is seeking a Oral Maxillofacial Surgical Assistant to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients in an Outpatient Clinic. Common responsibilities include providing primary support to the provider by preparing the patient for the visit. Responsible for effectively communicating with the oral and maxillofacial surgery team while assisting during all phases of the clinical sessions. Accurately prepares each room with equipment and supplies and assists with oral surgical procedures including taking vital signs, digital images and x-rays and reviewing pre/post-operative instruction to patients.

Type of Opportunity: Full Time (1.0 FTE/40 hours per week)
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8-hour days

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Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Strongline Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Shift differentials for nights and weekends
• Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

• One year of experience as oral surgery assistant.
• Current Radiology and BLS certifications required.
  Maintain current certifications in required emergency response trainings.
• Complete all organizational, department of Nursing and department specific competency training and requirements within specified timeframe.
• Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Assistant (COMSA) by the Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) or current certification as a Dental Assistant (CDA) preferred.
• High School Diploma or GED

• Provides support for clerical functions to include scheduling, referrals, and prior authorizations
• Performs activities to maintain a clean, stocked, safe, and well-organized patient care environment
• Participates on care team to meet patient care and clinic needs, working cooperatively with others to accomplish required work in a timely and efficient manner.
• Assists Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical staff with procedures and patients under local, nitrous oxide, deep sedation and general anesthesia; under direct supervision of surgeon, performs extra- and intra-oral procedures (i.e. suture removal, dressing changes, irrigations, changing elastics); assists with airway maintenance during procedures, to include routine head tilt, chin lift or jaw thrust; places monitors, records data, and reports to surgeon; and documents anesthesia record. Accurately takes impressions, bite registrations and fabricates models for pre-operative Orthognathic and trauma patients. Exposes and develops x-rays; ensures that x-rays are of adequate diagnostic quality, duplicate x-rays as needed.
• Responses to patient calls related to test results, medication refills, and referral requests under the direction of the provider. Trained in various programs to include but not limited to scheduling, prior authorizations, and referral management.
• Performs other duties as required

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Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 13,000 employees - including more than 1,200 providers and nearly 3,500 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

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